Bolivar Middle School

Bolivar Middle School is one of the cozy 6-8 campuss in Bolivar, Tennessee, run under Hardeman County Schools, with 290 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 48% below the state mean of about 554.

Within Hardeman County Schools, which oversees 9 schools and 3,157 students, Bolivar Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Bolivar Middle School records that 71% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 19% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Hardeman County as a whole is about 38% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hardeman County put median household income runs about $46,069, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Bolivar Middle School is one of 9 public schools in Hardeman County (combined enrollment of about 3,157 students).

Central High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Bolivar Middle School.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bolivar Middle School's enrollment has decreased 19% since 2018, when it stood at 358 (now 290). White enrollment moved from 29% to 19% across the same window.

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